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Book Synopsis
Explore the vestiges of the hamlets and villages that have been swallowed up by Toronto's relentless growth.

Over the course of more than two centuries, Toronto has ballooned from a muddy collection of huts on a swampy waterfront to Canada's largest and most diverse city. Amid (and sometimes underneath) this urban agglomeration are the remains of many small communities that once dotted the region now known as Toronto and the GTA. Before European settlers arrived, Indigenous Peoples established villages on the shore of Lake Ontario. With the arrival of the English, a host of farm hamlets, tollgate stopovers, mill towns, and, later, railway and cottage communities sprang up. Vestiges of some are still preserved, while others have disappeared forever. Some are remembered, though many have been forgotten. In Toronto's Lost Villages, all of their stories are brought back to life.

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Table of Contents
LIST OF THE LOST
INTRODUCTION

1. ALONG THE LAKESHORE
Toronto’ First Vanished Villages
Teiaiagon and Ganatchakiagon
The Europeans Arrive, in Numbers
Old York
The Toronto Islands
New Town
The Villages on the Lake
Windermere
Humber Bay
Long Branch
Lorne Park
Rosebank
Fairport

2. EARLY PIONEER PATHS
Don Mills Road
Don Vale
Chester
Todmorden Village
Dawes Road
Coleman’s Corners
Little York
Moffat’s Corners
Davenport Road
Davenport
Carlton
Albion Road
Thistletown
Smithfield
Claireville

3. YONGE STREET
Yorkville
Drummondville
Davisville
“Eglington”
Bedford Park
York Mills
Lansing
Willowdale
Newtonbrook
Langstaff

4. THE GOVERNOR’S ROAD
Blue Bell Village
Brockton
Lambton Mills
Islington
Summerville
Dixie
Cooksville
Springfield

5. THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE PIONEER KINGSTON ROAD
Don Mount
Leslieville
Norway
Mortlake, and the Famous Halfway House
Scarborough Post Office
Highland Creek and West Hill
Rouge Hill
Dunbarton
Liverpool
Duffin’s Creek

6. VANISHED FARM HAMLETS OF SCARBOROUGH AND THE NORTHEAST
Danforth Post Office
Bell’s Corners
Bendale
Woburn
Wexford
O’Sullivan’s Corners
L’Amoreaux
Hillside
Hough’s Corners
Ellesmere
Milliken
Malvern
Armadale
Hagerman’s Corners
Brown’s Corners
Dollar

7. FARM HAMLETS OF THE NORTHWEST
The Vaughn Road
Fairbank
Dublin
Elia
Emery
Fisherville
Kaiserville
Downsview
Concrod
Edgeley
Airport Road
Woodhill
Grahamsville
Malton
Mount Charles
Derry West
Elmbank
Richview
Britannia
Hanlon
Burnhamthorpe
Highfield

8. BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
The Rouge River
Buttonville
Headford
The Don River
Todmorden Mills
Oriole
Flynntown
Don Mills
Gray Mills
Milneford Mills
German Mills
The Humber River
Milton Mills
Brownsville
Pine Gorve
Rowntree Mills
The Credit River
Barbertown
Churchville
Old Meadowvale

9. THE RAILWAY TOWNS
Mimico
New Toronto
West Toronto Junction
East Toronto
Scarborough Junction
Scarborough Village
Port Union
Leaside

EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX 1: THE STREET RAILWAYS
APPENDIX 2: TORONTO’S LOST STATIONS
FURTHER READING
IMAGE CREDITS
INDEX

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      Publisher: Dundurn Group Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/07/2020
      ISBN13: 9781459746572, 978-1459746572
      ISBN10: 1459746570

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explore the vestiges of the hamlets and villages that have been swallowed up by Toronto's relentless growth.

      Over the course of more than two centuries, Toronto has ballooned from a muddy collection of huts on a swampy waterfront to Canada's largest and most diverse city. Amid (and sometimes underneath) this urban agglomeration are the remains of many small communities that once dotted the region now known as Toronto and the GTA. Before European settlers arrived, Indigenous Peoples established villages on the shore of Lake Ontario. With the arrival of the English, a host of farm hamlets, tollgate stopovers, mill towns, and, later, railway and cottage communities sprang up. Vestiges of some are still preserved, while others have disappeared forever. Some are remembered, though many have been forgotten. In Toronto's Lost Villages, all of their stories are brought back to life.

      Trade Review
      Brown has written a book of great service...Toronto’s Lost Villages is a compendious buffet of civic history. * Literary Review of Canada *

      Table of Contents
      LIST OF THE LOST
      INTRODUCTION

      1. ALONG THE LAKESHORE
      Toronto’ First Vanished Villages
      Teiaiagon and Ganatchakiagon
      The Europeans Arrive, in Numbers
      Old York
      The Toronto Islands
      New Town
      The Villages on the Lake
      Windermere
      Humber Bay
      Long Branch
      Lorne Park
      Rosebank
      Fairport

      2. EARLY PIONEER PATHS
      Don Mills Road
      Don Vale
      Chester
      Todmorden Village
      Dawes Road
      Coleman’s Corners
      Little York
      Moffat’s Corners
      Davenport Road
      Davenport
      Carlton
      Albion Road
      Thistletown
      Smithfield
      Claireville

      3. YONGE STREET
      Yorkville
      Drummondville
      Davisville
      “Eglington”
      Bedford Park
      York Mills
      Lansing
      Willowdale
      Newtonbrook
      Langstaff

      4. THE GOVERNOR’S ROAD
      Blue Bell Village
      Brockton
      Lambton Mills
      Islington
      Summerville
      Dixie
      Cooksville
      Springfield

      5. THE LOST VILLAGES OF THE PIONEER KINGSTON ROAD
      Don Mount
      Leslieville
      Norway
      Mortlake, and the Famous Halfway House
      Scarborough Post Office
      Highland Creek and West Hill
      Rouge Hill
      Dunbarton
      Liverpool
      Duffin’s Creek

      6. VANISHED FARM HAMLETS OF SCARBOROUGH AND THE NORTHEAST
      Danforth Post Office
      Bell’s Corners
      Bendale
      Woburn
      Wexford
      O’Sullivan’s Corners
      L’Amoreaux
      Hillside
      Hough’s Corners
      Ellesmere
      Milliken
      Malvern
      Armadale
      Hagerman’s Corners
      Brown’s Corners
      Dollar

      7. FARM HAMLETS OF THE NORTHWEST
      The Vaughn Road
      Fairbank
      Dublin
      Elia
      Emery
      Fisherville
      Kaiserville
      Downsview
      Concrod
      Edgeley
      Airport Road
      Woodhill
      Grahamsville
      Malton
      Mount Charles
      Derry West
      Elmbank
      Richview
      Britannia
      Hanlon
      Burnhamthorpe
      Highfield

      8. BY THE OLD MILL STREAM
      The Rouge River
      Buttonville
      Headford
      The Don River
      Todmorden Mills
      Oriole
      Flynntown
      Don Mills
      Gray Mills
      Milneford Mills
      German Mills
      The Humber River
      Milton Mills
      Brownsville
      Pine Gorve
      Rowntree Mills
      The Credit River
      Barbertown
      Churchville
      Old Meadowvale

      9. THE RAILWAY TOWNS
      Mimico
      New Toronto
      West Toronto Junction
      East Toronto
      Scarborough Junction
      Scarborough Village
      Port Union
      Leaside

      EPILOGUE
      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
      APPENDIX 1: THE STREET RAILWAYS
      APPENDIX 2: TORONTO’S LOST STATIONS
      FURTHER READING
      IMAGE CREDITS
      INDEX

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